Fast and Furious is worse than Watergate

Richard Nixon was vilified during Watergate for invoking executive privilege. President Obama's claim of privilege in Operation Fast and Furious is simply being ignored by the press. Recently Paul Carpenter acknowledged that more than 200 defenseless Mexicans were murdered with these guns but instead faulted Eric Holder for harming U.S. gun control efforts. This must be Alice's wonderland!

Mr. Carpenter also stated Fast and Furious originated with George W. Bush. Rush Limbaugh (not the press) has clarified this issue as follows. Operation Wide Receiver began in 2005 and was ended in 2007. In this program, the Mexican government was involved and the guns were tracked with GPS devices, which the cartels ultimately discovered and removed. The program was then immediately ended. The "continuation" of this program by the Obama administration was a fool's errand as officials could not track the guns or advise the Mexican government. A blatant coverup has ensued.

Unlike during the Watergate era, we now may not have the protections of a free press, a Supreme Court that cannot be intimidated, or Democrats who place the truth over party politics. The greatest tragedy is that if this had been 200 Canadian citizens who were killed, this coverup could never have been sustained and the United Nations would be demanding criminal trials at The Hague.